The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-02

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'Immortellss' is the title given to collec-
ton of poems by Mrs. Cora NJ. A Davis. The
author, native of New York removed to Wis
eonsin and thence to Colorado, where the last
ten years of her married life spent She
died in 1885. She was devoted lover of nature
and her poetry springs from the heart The
volume embraces quite number of abort poems,
some of which have been published before in
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'Frau Wilhelmine." by julius Stinde, is the
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olz Family" which has been widely read and
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"A Story of the Golden Age" by James Bald
a prose version of the legends relating to the
causes of the Trojan war, which forms the basis
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The latest leaflet issued by the Chicago Unity
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'Mere Suzanne" and other stories by RATHER
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Literary Notes.
fine steel portrait of Miss Murfree (Charles
Ed ebert Craddockl will appear in the January
Atlantic.
Miss Louisa Alcott is writing a record of her
early life for the Youths Companion. She calls